Chris Cannam a �crit :
Yes, indeed, but a couple of times here I've seen observations that a
vector would compile to an array if optimisation was on, etc. Since
we're mostly using gcc-3.3+ now, I wanted to ask if anyone is sure
whether that's really true.
Since a vector is a wrapped C array (i.e. contigous), the [] operator
compiles to the C equivalent when optimisation is turned on. The result
is the same as a C array.
Thinking about it logically, why would the developers of a C++ standard
library choose a different method? The std::vector is meant to be the
C++ replacement to C arrays, so a slow down in speed would effectively
render it useless.
However, last time I checked, GCC does not inline functions with -02
(only with -O3), so I always specify -finline-functions when compiling.
